Ironing board



June 5, 1923. 1,457,661

, F. BANIA IRONING BOARD Filed Jan. so. 1922 Patented June 5, 1923.

FRANK Bama, or nnrnoin'rvrrcnrean'.

IRONING BOARD.

Application filed January 30, 1922. `Serial No. 532,623.

To aZ'Z whom 15- may conce/m: i Be it known that I,FRANK BANIA,a citizen of Poland, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have iii-- vented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing Boards, lof which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to oldable furniture and more particularly to tables or ironing boa-rds and its object is to provide a foldable supporting structure adapted to ture which may be conveniently and quickly folded into a small space-andfwhen extended, will'rigidly support the ironing board in such a manner as to `leave an extended free portion to the board.V

A further ob]ect is to provide simple and convenient means for supporting, in an elevated'position above the ironing board, an electric cord in such a manneras to permit of a free movement of an electriciron to which the cord is connected, over the entire surface of the ironing boardwithout putting undue strain upon the cord or permitting the cord to at any time come into contact with article being ironed upon the board.

Withthe above kand other ends in view, the invention consists in the matters hereinafter set orth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a perspectivev view of a device illustrative of the invention and showing the' same in operative position; V,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation showingl the device in partly `:folded condition.

In the drawing, l indicates the ironing board which is of the usual form and Sis sup-` ported upon a foldable supporting structurel which is pivotally connected to the underside vof the board and arranged to fold against said side. This supporting structure comprises a rectangular base frame 2 to which a pair of legs 3 is pivotally attached.

At the lower kends the legs a bar 4 extendsy across the frame 2 adjacent one side of the legsS to prevent said legs. from turning in onedirection, said'bar forming an abutment against which the legs rest or in contact with which Asaid'legs come as vthey are turned upwardly upon their pivotal connection 5 with the base 2."A pair of: legs 6' is pivotally attached at` one end, as'atx7, to

a cross-member 8 secured totheunderside of` the board l intermediate itsends, and these legs 6 are connectedl adjacent their free ends by a crossfbar 9; lVhen the frame is in extendedror operative position, the legs 6 are engaged with -notches 10 sin the side members of the base frame 2,*extending downwardly and forwardly in an inclined positionv from the lower side of the ironing board in such a manner as to form diagonal brace members. i, l j

Pivotally attached tothe legs 3 intermedi.- ate their ends lis a pairof links 1l or diagonal bracing members, whichnembers are i pivotally attached, as at 12', to across mem-l ber 13 secured tothe underside of the ironing board adjacent one endthereof. A crossl bar or cleat 14 is secured to the underside of the ironing board adjacent' the cross mem# ber 8 to which the legs 6 are pivotally attached, said kmembers 8 and 14 beingspaced apart just sufficiently to receive the :tree ends of the legs 3 between them. When the frame is in set up condition, the legs 3 are vin a substantially vertical-position with their upperends engaged between the crossv member 8 andfcleat 14 on the under -side of the ironsv ing board and the legs 6 which arepivotally attached to the cross member 8 are engaged at their lower ends with the notches in the, base frame 2, extending downwardly and forwardly at an inclination 'from the lower ing end of the ironing board is ysupported by the diagonal brace or link members 1l which-- extend downwardly and ,forwardly roxnV the".

rear end ofthe board'to their point vo pivotal attachment with the legs 3 intermedi?y ate the ends thereof.

The ysupporting structure thus formed provides a very rigid frame when yin operative position to rigidly support the ironing board with 'an` extended free end portion of the board projecting beyond the point at which the supporting frame is attached to the boardso that articles of clothing m-ay be slipped over this projecting end of the ironing board and the frame structure will not interfere therewith. The rectangular frame 2 forms an extended base to rest uponthe floor and gives a firm, rigid and extended bearing for the frame so that the ironing board, when in operative position will be rigidly supported without the necessity for attaching it to a wall or'other lixed portion of the 4building in order to give it. rigidity and prevent wabbling while it is being'used.v

The arrangement of the legs vpermits -iof folding of the several parts, one upon the other, so that `,the base 2 is brought adjacent the undersideiof the board when the supporting structure is vin folded condition, andthe connection of the legs and base'to the .ironing board by the brace members holds the parts connected and. in operative position so that'they may be quickly-andeasily extended vinto supporting position.

In the use of the electric fiat iron 15 `to which'an electric conductor or cord 16-is attached,=the.cord is drawn backand forthasthe iron is movedover the table'in use andis quite liable to soil the articles being-ironed by coming in contact therewith. Further, the constant bending of lthe cord by the movement ofv the flat iron to and from over the table causes the cord to break land a short circuit of the electric current is often caused'thereby. To flexibly :and yieldingly support thiscord 16 at a suitablezdistance from its attachment to the flat iron so that itmay be Jfreely moved back and forth. over the ironing table, but will be-'supported or suspended at all times so that it cannot come incontact with thearticles being ironed, a flexible supporting arm or bracket 17y isprovided, said armcomprising aiwire'ofrheavy gauge, which wire :adjacent one end is formed into a loop Vor coil 18 `and the end' portion of the wire beyond the coillisbent to forma U-shaped supporting end portion 19-adaptedlto be engaged within a suitable socket or hole in the endof the ironing board. The free endl of the wire 17 is provided' with suitable means, such'as a clip 2O toengage the electric rod 16. The cord is thereforesuspended at a considerable height above the ironing table and a free movement of the fiat iron is permitted due tothe free yielding movement of the arm, the Vcoil 18 providing this yielding or spring action. l/V-hen the flat iron is moved-toward the vopposite end of the table the pullon the cord will flex the supporting arm, and as the iron is moved toward the opposite end of the table, the :arm will straighten out and take up the slack in the cord-The cord is thereforey prevented from coming. into contact with the surfaceof .the

table and is held against kinking or bending to such van extent as will Vcause the cord to break. When the ironingboard is folded, this cord support may be slipped from its socket in the end of the board so that it will not interfere with the compact folding of the board.

While a specific construction and arrangeinenthas ,beenillustrated and described, it is obvious that the construction and arrangement of parts may be varied within the scope of the appendeduclaims without departing from the-spiritoffthe invention and I vdonotA therefore limit myself to the particular -form or arrangement shown.

I-Iaving thus fullydescribedmy inventiom,

what I claim is 1. A structure of the .character describedl wherein an ironing board-issupportedl by a foldable frame, said :frame comprising Qa. i

base frame, vertical. legs pivotally attached at theirv lower ends to the base frame -to swing downwardlyinto saidiframe, atransverse cleat on the lower-side of the ironing board Aintermediate its ends, a :transverse pivot member secured to the side ofthe ironing-board in spacedrelation to the cleat, said space `being adapted'to receive Yand/de.-

tachably hold the upperien'ds of the 'verti the ends thereofzand attheir oppositeends to `the vertical. legs .f intermediate. the ends` of:v saidV legs to pivotally connect `the ironingl board Y' tot the y vertical legs 4to .fold therewith.

2. A structure ofthe character described and lwherein an ironinglboard is supported` by a fol'dable frame, said frame comprising an open `rectangular base framehaving a transverse bar intermediate its ends, vertical. legsV pivotally attached tol the base iframe adjacent vsaid transverse bar,` said bar forin-v ing anfiabutment forsaid legs when! inverti-v ca turn upon their pivotal connectionwit-h the base frame downwardly into said frame, links pivotally. attached to saidvertical ilegs; intermediate their ends, said linksebeing. pivotally attached at their upper ends tothe underside of theironingboard adj acentone end thereof, said links being adapted to swing upon said legs and .bringthe base frame toward the underside. of ,the ironing,V board when the legs arey folded into the base frame, a transversecleat on the ,undersideof the ironing board, a pivot .member securedl to the. underside vof the ironingY boardl with, aspace between saidmemberand.- cleat,..said, sp ace .being adapted to., receive and ih old-` thcposition and said. legs; being .adapted to:

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1,457,661 upper ends of the vertical legs when said legs notched toA detachably engage the lo are in extended position, and diagonal legs of the diagonal legs.`

pivotally attached at their upper ends to In testimony whereof I alix my signaturev said pivot member to swing into parallelism v in presence of two witnesses.l with the underside of the ironing board f when the frame is in folded position and to i FRANK BANIA' be swung downwardly into engagement with Witnesses: the base frame when the foldable frame is in LEWIS E. FLANDERS, extended position, said base Jframe being ANNA Dorm.

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